DJ Neil Fox will stand trial over a string of sex charges this November, a court ruled today.

The 53-year-old former Capital Radio presenter denies nine offences spanning more than two decades.

The charges include seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching without consent - against six female complainants.

Fox appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today where Senior District Judge Howard Riddle fixed a trial date of November 5.

The trial is expected to last two weeks.

The judge also ruled there should be further preliminary hearings on July 23 and October 2, and renewed Fox's unconditional bail.

At a hearing last month, the court was told that Fox allegedly forced his tongue into a schoolgirl's mouth and put his hand up her skirt.

It was also alleged that he targeted a woman at Capital Radio by caressing her bottom, squeezing her breasts and even simulating sex with her.

Details of what the Magic presenter is alleged to have done were able to be reported after his barrister, Jonathan Caplan QC, asked for restrictions to be lifted because "there has been a considerable amount of reporting ... in social media of what these charges amount to" and that had led to the creation of prejudice against his client.

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Fox denies nine offences against six complainants

The earliest alleged assaults are said to have taken place at a motor show on Bromley Common, south London, in July 1991 when Fox was a Capital Radio DJ.

Prosecutor Darren Watts said Fox allegedly assaulted two different girls at the show - with one complainant claiming that Fox forcefully kissed her and put his hand up her skirt.

He said at the time: "In relation to the first allegation the complainant was approximately 13 or 14 years of age.

"She has gone to a motor show, they have seen Mr Fox, they have asked for a photograph with him and he is said to have kissed her and forced his tongue down into her mouth."

The court was also told that Fox allegedly grabbed hold of one complainant at the popular theme park Chessington World of Adventures in April 1996, causing her to back away.

One complainant alleges that Fox repeatedly assaulted her at Capital Radio's studios in London's Leicester Square.

While two other women claim to have been sexually touched against their will by the radio presenter at Magic FM's premises in Winsley Street in central London, between January 2003 and August 2014.

During one of the alleged assaults at Magic FM, Fox is said to have walked up behind the complainant and kissed her shoulder.

"When questioned about his actions, he has said 'Oh, I just had to. You look as if you taste so good'," Mr Watts said.

Fox denies seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching without consent, against six female complainants between 1991 and 2014.

The former radio presenter, from Fulham, south west London, was first arrested in September last year, then again in December and March.

Fox, who is married with children, rose to fame in the 1990s presenting the charts show on Capital Radio.

He also appeared as a judge on Pop Idol between 2001 and 2003 alongside Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, and Nicki Chapman.

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